Ball-rolling bumblebees have become the first known insects to “play,” researchers say. The scientists recorded these tiny fliers manipulating wooden balls again and again in a series of new ...

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Play is a way of exploring the world, of investigating our surroundings and learning how to interact with the environment. It’s an indication of a more complex experience of the world. Often, whether ...

Volunteers are needed to help compile what’s known as Iowa’s Bumble Bee Atlas, an effort to gauge the state’s populations of the vital pollinators. Stephanie Shepherd, a wildlife diversity biologist ...

My neighbor Cathi Lamoreux and I attended a training May 18 for the Pacific Northwest Bumble Bee Atlas, a project to collect critical information on the region’s bumblebees. Rich Hatfield, senior ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Bumblebees are in decline, with some species at risk of extinction, so scientists here are gathering their bug nets, loading into ...